CECE Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
What is social referencing? - ✔✔reading emotional cues in others to help determine
how to act in a particular situation
What developmental theorist described the concept "teachable moments" as ideal
periods in which an individual demonstrates a maturity level that is conducive to
learning and achieving developmental tasks? - ✔✔Lev Vygotsky
In Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, what concept refers to a process of
changing existing schemes in order to account for novel elements in an object or an
event? - ✔✔accommodation.
Which of the terms below captures the nature of destructive forces that result from
severe, negative resolutions to a psychosocial crisis? - ✔✔core pathology
Jane is an 8-month-old infant who is participating in an experiment assessing the
attachment relationship with her mother, Regina. Regina leaves the room for a few
minutes and upon her return, Jane reacts with extreme fear and cowers. The procedure
is then repeated. The mother leaves the room for a short time. The second time Regina
returns, the infant reacts with extreme confusion and a lack of awareness about what to
do next. What type of attachment style best describes the scenario above? -
✔✔disorganized attachment
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,Which of the statements below, best captures the concept of Animism? - ✔✔The
attribution of life to inanimate objects during the preoperational stage of development.
The belief that objects that are inanimate (not living) have feelings, thoughts, and have
the mental characteristics and qualities of living things
Ms. Smith, a middle school counselor, is concerned about the specific developmental
problems girls are facing during adolescence. Consider the research evidence regarding
gender differences in self-esteem at this period of development. Which of the following
interventions would be most productive? - ✔✔Provide opportunities, modeling, and
support for both girls and boys to select courses and activities that could be considered
nontraditional with regards to gender
Which of the following developmental stages, according to Erikson, do children
between the ages of 6 and 12 exhibit? - ✔✔Industry vs. Inferiority
Which of the following captures the concept of being able to consider a situation from a
point of view other than one's own is known as? - ✔✔Perspective Taking
According to Erikson, the relationship between individual identity and group identity
is as follows: - ✔✔a person must identify with the group before having a strong sense of
self
What form of learning did the Bobo Doll Experiments, conducted by Albert Bandura in
the 1960s, demonstrate? - ✔✔vicarious learning or observational learning
Which of the following concepts captures the developmental process that children will
first learn to sit up on their own, then learn to stand, then learn to walk, and finally
learn to run? - ✔✔Maturation
According to Erikson, late adulthood is the period in one's life when which of the
following psychosocial difficulties is most likely to be experienced? - ✔✔Ego Integrity
vs.Despair.
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, Telegraphic speech typically takes place during what span of development? - ✔✔Takes
place between 18 -24 months
Dale is a young adolescent male who started to develop strong interpersonal
relationships with a group of same-aged peers within his school setting that share some
of his personal interests (e.g. skateboarding, soccer, comic books, etc.). When some
members of the group begin to communicate interest in drinking alcohol after school,
Dale expresses the same degree of interest to the group. According to Jane Loevinger,
Dale is most likely engaged in what stage of ego development? - ✔✔conformist
Broad definitions of culture generally include all of these elements except which one? -
✔✔biological differences
Emic and etic perspectives are both useful ways to look at culture. Which of the items
listed below embodies an expression of an emic perspective? - ✔✔An emic perspective
involves understanding culture from the inside, focusing on the intrinsic cultural
distinctions that are meaningful to the members of the culture itself.
Which of the choices below is an example of intersectionality? - ✔✔a person's identity
and experience as a black, female, heterosexual, Christian.
According to the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Diversity, issues of
privilege, oppression, and power are relevant to counseling in which of the following
areas? - ✔✔the recognition of privilege, oppression, and power is integral to all aspects
of counseling, from clinical practice to education, research, and community
engagement, with the goal of promoting equity, understanding, and healing.
Which of the authors listed below proposed the People of Color Racial Identity
Development Model? - ✔✔Janet Helms
An African American client tells her Caucasian counselor that she is the CEO of a mid-
size corporation. The counselor says, "I would not have guessed that. You must be very
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Answers
What is social referencing? - ✔✔reading emotional cues in others to help determine
how to act in a particular situation
What developmental theorist described the concept "teachable moments" as ideal
periods in which an individual demonstrates a maturity level that is conducive to
learning and achieving developmental tasks? - ✔✔Lev Vygotsky
In Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, what concept refers to a process of
changing existing schemes in order to account for novel elements in an object or an
event? - ✔✔accommodation.
Which of the terms below captures the nature of destructive forces that result from
severe, negative resolutions to a psychosocial crisis? - ✔✔core pathology
Jane is an 8-month-old infant who is participating in an experiment assessing the
attachment relationship with her mother, Regina. Regina leaves the room for a few
minutes and upon her return, Jane reacts with extreme fear and cowers. The procedure
is then repeated. The mother leaves the room for a short time. The second time Regina
returns, the infant reacts with extreme confusion and a lack of awareness about what to
do next. What type of attachment style best describes the scenario above? -
✔✔disorganized attachment
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,Which of the statements below, best captures the concept of Animism? - ✔✔The
attribution of life to inanimate objects during the preoperational stage of development.
The belief that objects that are inanimate (not living) have feelings, thoughts, and have
the mental characteristics and qualities of living things
Ms. Smith, a middle school counselor, is concerned about the specific developmental
problems girls are facing during adolescence. Consider the research evidence regarding
gender differences in self-esteem at this period of development. Which of the following
interventions would be most productive? - ✔✔Provide opportunities, modeling, and
support for both girls and boys to select courses and activities that could be considered
nontraditional with regards to gender
Which of the following developmental stages, according to Erikson, do children
between the ages of 6 and 12 exhibit? - ✔✔Industry vs. Inferiority
Which of the following captures the concept of being able to consider a situation from a
point of view other than one's own is known as? - ✔✔Perspective Taking
According to Erikson, the relationship between individual identity and group identity
is as follows: - ✔✔a person must identify with the group before having a strong sense of
self
What form of learning did the Bobo Doll Experiments, conducted by Albert Bandura in
the 1960s, demonstrate? - ✔✔vicarious learning or observational learning
Which of the following concepts captures the developmental process that children will
first learn to sit up on their own, then learn to stand, then learn to walk, and finally
learn to run? - ✔✔Maturation
According to Erikson, late adulthood is the period in one's life when which of the
following psychosocial difficulties is most likely to be experienced? - ✔✔Ego Integrity
vs.Despair.
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, Telegraphic speech typically takes place during what span of development? - ✔✔Takes
place between 18 -24 months
Dale is a young adolescent male who started to develop strong interpersonal
relationships with a group of same-aged peers within his school setting that share some
of his personal interests (e.g. skateboarding, soccer, comic books, etc.). When some
members of the group begin to communicate interest in drinking alcohol after school,
Dale expresses the same degree of interest to the group. According to Jane Loevinger,
Dale is most likely engaged in what stage of ego development? - ✔✔conformist
Broad definitions of culture generally include all of these elements except which one? -
✔✔biological differences
Emic and etic perspectives are both useful ways to look at culture. Which of the items
listed below embodies an expression of an emic perspective? - ✔✔An emic perspective
involves understanding culture from the inside, focusing on the intrinsic cultural
distinctions that are meaningful to the members of the culture itself.
Which of the choices below is an example of intersectionality? - ✔✔a person's identity
and experience as a black, female, heterosexual, Christian.
According to the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Diversity, issues of
privilege, oppression, and power are relevant to counseling in which of the following
areas? - ✔✔the recognition of privilege, oppression, and power is integral to all aspects
of counseling, from clinical practice to education, research, and community
engagement, with the goal of promoting equity, understanding, and healing.
Which of the authors listed below proposed the People of Color Racial Identity
Development Model? - ✔✔Janet Helms
An African American client tells her Caucasian counselor that she is the CEO of a mid-
size corporation. The counselor says, "I would not have guessed that. You must be very
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